The Shi'ites composed poems in praise of this Mahdi and called him "The Lord of the Age." Bahāʾ al-Dīn al-ʿĀmilī was among those who praised him, saying in his regard a poem whose opening lines are: Lightning flashed from Najd, renewing my memories Of times past in ʿIzz, al-ʿUdhayb, and Dhī Qār.

And he says in it: He is the firmest handhold; whoever clings to him instead Will not fear the weight of great sins. An imam of guidance, time sought refuge in his shade, And history, a humbled beast of burden, turned to him. And an empowered one – if the deaf were tasked to speak Of his great deeds, they would understand them. The knowledge of mortals, compared to the oceans of his knowledge, Is like a cupped hand or the beak of a bird. If Plato had visited the threshold of his sanctity, And not been absent from it for seven lights, He would have seen a divine wisdom, untainted by The impurities of sight and the filth of thoughts. All the worlds shone with his radiance, From the features in the two realms of his flowing light. ..................... etc.

He explained the poem at the end of his book, al-Kashkūl. ..................... And they surrounded the idea with another idea, which is the idea of the Mahdi's ability to foretell the unseen and predict events. This is a great door of